125 Years of the GAA

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2009 sees the 125th Anniversary of the founding of the GAA in 1884. This has proven to be one of the most important dates in the history of Ireland and has produced the organisation that has been central in defining us as a nation. 125 years on, our basic mission and values remain the same; the promotion of our games, our culture, a sense of place and identity from a premise of community activity and support. In 2009, we wish to celebrate in style our first 125 years.

The 125 Committee under the chairmanship of Armaghs Jarlath Burns have organised an extensive calendar of events to celebrate our history. A special edition Late Late Show on RT TV on January 9th commences the year of celebration with one of the highlights a 125 Anniversary Spectacle in Croke Park on January 31st, shortly afterwards. The Allianz GAA National Football League game between Dublin and All Ireland champions, Tyrone will be played under the Croke Park floodlights as part of this spectacle.

St. Patricks Day will see a GAA Parade Pageant as part of the Dublin St. Patricks Day festival and L na gClub is on May 10th

The significance the GAA holds in Ireland is exemplified by the fact that Uachtarn na hireann, Mary McAleese is hosting a GAA Garden Party at ras an Uachtarn on July 6th a wonderful honour for the members of the Association.

Later in the year the graves of the founders of the GAA will be rededicated and the year will come to a spectacular close on Christmas Day or St. Stephens Day when RT TV broadcast a documentary on the Association.

The detailed Calendar of Events is as follows:

[SIZE=“4”]GAA 125th Anniversary Calendar of Events[/SIZE]

9th January
Late Late Show
9th January
GAA Oral Archive Project Website Launch
31st January
125 Anniversary Spectacle Event, Croke Park
21st February
Scr na ng, Athlone
13 March
Fiaich Lecture, Armagh
17th March
GAA Parade Pageant St Patricks Festival
March
3rd Level Student Art Competition
17th /18th April
GAA Congress - 125 Banquet, Cork
18th April
Scr dh Scr (Sinsear), Killarney
24th April
GAA 125 Schools Day
25th April
Academic conference at Croke Park
10th May
L na gClub
16th May
Michael Hogan Memorial Match, Grangemockler
19th 21st June
File na nGael
6th July
Garden Party with Uachtarn na hireann, ras an Uachtarn
9th August
Parnell Summer School
25th August
GAA Museum Heritage Week Open Day
August
Launch of Online Exhibition, National Archives
October
GAA Allstars
25th October
Youth Congress
November
Rededication of Founders Graves
1st November
Launch of 125 Anniversary Book, Thurles
1st November
Establishment Celebration
Central Council Meeting in Thurles Coiste Bainist Meeting at Cusack Cottage
25 or 26 December
RTE documentary on GAA

[SIZE=“4”]GAA Museum 125th Anniversary Calendar of Events[/SIZE]

29th January
125 Lecture Series, GAA Museum
25th February
125 Lecture Series, GAA Museum
14 or 16 March
125 Legends Tour Series, GAA Museum
26th March
125 Lecture Series, GAA Museum
5th September
125 Legends Tour Series - Hurling, GAA Museum
19th September
125 Legends Tour Series - Football, GAA Museum
31st October
125 Legends Tour Series Intl Rules, GAA Museum
21st & 22nd
Nov Bloody Sunday Commemoration, GAA Museum
13th December
Christmas Family Day, GAA Museum

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I wonder if Mary will have us up, or will her garden party will be strictly for Franks only

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Can’t wait for the GAA special on The Late, Late. Can you imagine the competition and some auld wan on the phone saying she wouldn’t be particularly interested in premium tickets for the All Ireland Club Finals and Pat ripping the tickets up on air?

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To be fair on the oul wan who tore up the tickets on Friday a more fair comparison would be if the competition winner ripped up a pair of tickets for Up For the Match or something.

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Good man Christy…

L na gClub Videos
2009 represents the 125th anniversary of the GAA and celebrations have taken place throughout the year at all levels to commemorate this milestone. May 10, L na gClub was set aside as the Day of the Club where over 2,000 GAA clubs around the country and worldwide celebrated the anniversary with games and commemorative events in their local communities.

To ensure that this day was properly recorded for future generations, the GAA commissioned video productions of six L na gClub celebrations across the country, namely Youghal GAA Club, Cork; Silverbridge GAA Club, Armagh; Round Tower GAA Club, Clondalkin, Dublin; St. Brigids GAA Club, Roscommon; Fr. Sheehys GAA Club, Tipperary and Athy GAA Club, Kildare.

:rolleyes:

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Must pencil all those dates into my diary … oh wait, my pencil’s broken … no,… (snap!) … it is now … oh well, guess I’ll have to live with the dissappointment of missing some of them … or all of them (fingers crossed).

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:rolleyes:

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:pint:

Maynooth GAA have come up with a novel way to raise funds and commemorate a piece of history into the bargain on All-Ireland football final morning.

On Easter Monday, 1916, a troop of Maynooth men, led by the last governor general of Ireland, Domhnall Ua Buachalla, marched into battle from Maynooth College along the Royal Canal.

This Sunday, the local club are planning to walk back into history and celebrate 125 years of the GAA by following in their forefathers’ footsteps on the Walk to Croker.

Leading the way on the walk will be Joe Buckley, grandson of Domhnall, and Joe’s son Declan, who like his great-grandfather plays with the Maynooth senior hurling team.

Over 100 people will take part in this unique event, with the walkers setting off at 7am along the 14-mile route, where walking time is estimated at between four and five hours.

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Think someone did the cycle to Croke Park too on the old style bikes. Can’t remember from which county.

Bought this book yesterday, just published. Highly recommend it-

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[quote=“Pikeman”]Think someone did the cycle to Croke Park too on the old style bikes. Can’t remember from which county.

Bought this book yesterday, just published. Highly recommend it-

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A very novel idea and approach to it, love that kind of outside the box thinking. I’d imagine it’d be an interesting aul stroll too, with some good yarns and a few bottles for the way.

I’ll have a look out for that book, cheers.

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[quote=“Pikeman”]Think someone did the cycle to Croke Park too on the old style bikes. Can’t remember from which county.

Bought this book yesterday, just published. Highly recommend it-

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About a dozen fellas from O Loughlin Gaels GAA Club in Kilkenny did the cycle on high nelly bikes in old style clothes the day before the hurling AIF,they were being led by Andy Comerford and also had a priest in thier ranks.It took around 7 hours i heard.

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old habits die hard it seems , sick bastards

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Is every priest a paedophile in your eyes ncc?

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Whatever can you mean:rolleyes:

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no

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TG4 EXCEL THEMSELVES ONCE AGAIN WITH FULL DAY OF COVERAGE TO HONOUR GAA 125

BY COILIN DUFFY

Irish language broadcaster TG4 have once again excelled themselves with a full day of broadcasting of GAA programming to honour the GAA’s 125th Anniversary celebrations on Sunday November 1st next.

The main live match coverage on this special day will be from Semple Stadium, Thurles for the AIB Munster Club Hurling Quarter-Final with the Cork champions taking on their Tipperary counterparts in what will undoubtedly be an exciting encounter. There will be special events happening at Thurles during the day to mark the 125th Anniversary of the GAA and TG4 presenter Michel Domhnaill will have all the latest news from there.

The live match coverage will be complimented by a wide range of specially commissioned/selected programmes with a GAA theme including: Sam Maguire documentary, Michel O’Hehir, Top 50 GAA Football Goals, Top 50 GAA Hurling Goals, Ringy, the Cormac McAnallen tribute programme, the first showing of the new John 3:7 documentary and a specially commissioned edition of the traditional music series Geantra with songs and tunes with a GAA ring to them.

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) was founded on November 1st 1884, by a group of spirited Irishmen who had the foresight to realise the importance of establishing a national organisation to revive and nurture traditional, indigenous pastimes.

TG4’s Ceannasa Pl Gallchir said: “The GAA has a special place in the hearts of Irish people and TG4 is very proud that it can mark this important milestone in the Association’s history by offering a full day of GAA-related programming, a mark of our own close association with the GAA.”

In addition to this on-air feast of GAA, fans and viewers will also have the opportunity to get involved by voting for their favourite Hurler and Footballer of the last 25 years. Micheal O’Muircheartaigh and a panel of experts from The Star and TG4 have selected a shortlist of twentyfive players who they consider to be the finest stars of the GAA in the last 25 years.

Now we need your votes to decide who will be crowned the best footballer and hurler of the last 25 years, and who will be honoured during the live coverage from Semple Stadium, Thurles on 1st November. The public and viewers will have the opportunity to win 2 Premium Tickets for three years with all the information on www.tg4.ie.

Legendary sports broadcaster Jimmy Magee will also be asking some tough GAA questions with viewers getting the chance to win premium tickets to the All-Ireland Finals. All the information will be available onwww.tg4.ie.

TG4 GAA SCHEDULE - Sunday 1st November 2009

12:15pm Sam Maguire
1:00pm Top 50 GAA Peil
2:00pm GAA BEO
4:10pm Top 50 GAA Iomaint
5:15pm Michel O’Hehir
6:15pm Laochra Gael: Cormac McAnallen
7:20pm Laoch GAA 125
7:30pm GAA @ 125 Bliain History of GAA Programme 1 – Like a Prairie Fire
8:00pm GAA @ 125 Bliain History of GAA Programme 2 - Conflict and Consolidation
9:30pm Cogar : John 3:7
10:00pm Geantra : GAA 125
11:30pm Ringy

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[quote=“myboyblue”]TG4 EXCEL THEMSELVES ONCE AGAIN WITH FULL DAY OF COVERAGE TO HONOUR GAA 125

BY COILIN DUFFY

Irish language broadcaster TG4 have once again excelled themselves with a full day of broadcasting of GAA programming to honour the GAA’s 125th Anniversary celebrations on Sunday November 1st next.

The main live match coverage on this special day will be from Semple Stadium, Thurles for the AIB Munster Club Hurling Quarter-Final with the Cork champions taking on their Tipperary counterparts in what will undoubtedly be an exciting encounter. There will be special events happening at Thurles during the day to mark the 125th Anniversary of the GAA and TG4 presenter Michel Domhnaill will have all the latest news from there.

The live match coverage will be complimented by a wide range of specially commissioned/selected programmes with a GAA theme including: Sam Maguire documentary, Michel O’Hehir, Top 50 GAA Football Goals, Top 50 GAA Hurling Goals, Ringy, the Cormac McAnallen tribute programme, the first showing of the new John 3:7 documentary and a specially commissioned edition of the traditional music series Geantra with songs and tunes with a GAA ring to them.

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) was founded on November 1st 1884, by a group of spirited Irishmen who had the foresight to realise the importance of establishing a national organisation to revive and nurture traditional, indigenous pastimes.

TG4’s Ceannasa Pl Gallchir said: “The GAA has a special place in the hearts of Irish people and TG4 is very proud that it can mark this important milestone in the Association’s history by offering a full day of GAA-related programming, a mark of our own close association with the GAA.”

In addition to this on-air feast of GAA, fans and viewers will also have the opportunity to get involved by voting for their favourite Hurler and Footballer of the last 25 years. Micheal O’Muircheartaigh and a panel of experts from The Star and TG4 have selected a shortlist of twentyfive players who they consider to be the finest stars of the GAA in the last 25 years.

Now we need your votes to decide who will be crowned the best footballer and hurler of the last 25 years, and who will be honoured during the live coverage from Semple Stadium, Thurles on 1st November. The public and viewers will have the opportunity to win 2 Premium Tickets for three years with all the information on www.tg4.ie.

Legendary sports broadcaster Jimmy Magee will also be asking some tough GAA questions with viewers getting the chance to win premium tickets to the All-Ireland Finals. All the information will be available onwww.tg4.ie.

TG4 GAA SCHEDULE - Sunday 1st November 2009

12:15pm Sam Maguire
1:00pm Top 50 GAA Peil
2:00pm GAA BEO
4:10pm Top 50 GAA Iomaint
5:15pm Michel O’Hehir
6:15pm Laochra Gael: Cormac McAnallen
7:20pm Laoch GAA 125
7:30pm GAA @ 125 Bliain History of GAA Programme 1 – Like a Prairie Fire
8:00pm GAA @ 125 Bliain History of GAA Programme 2 - Conflict and Consolidation
9:30pm Cogar : John 3:7
10:00pm Geantra : GAA 125
11:30pm Ringy[/quote]

It sounded great until Jimmy Magee’s name was mentioned. Looks like a good days viewing all told.

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Dingle Maze

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Did that actually happen?
The houses on the left look to be computer generated?

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[quote=“The Runt”]Did that actually happen?
The houses on the left look to be computer generated?[/quote]

I presume so, its posted up here